Director Wes Anderson rolls out the first trailer of his latest flick, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Actor Ralph Fiennes is Gustave H, manager of the fancy Budapest Hotel, partnered by lobby boy, Zero Moustafa. The story reveals their father-son relationship when Gustave H is accused of murder, but not without running, deadpan humor, fists fights, and tiny handwriting. The cast includes the usual suspects with some newbies and cameos, Saoirse Ronan, Bill Murray, Jude Law, Johnny Depp, Tilda Swinton and more. …
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Despite the complaints about the festival, the lack of films, blazeh blazeh, there’s some dope flicks to be seen. Check our incomplete guide, here. For showtimes and further details, TIFF 26 . …
Damn. Following “Survival” and “Berzerk“, Eminem gives free how-to-kill-shit classes in “Rap God.” The song is six minutes and seven seconds of “I’m divine, stop rapping and put your career down.” He’s spitting double time, triple time, all kinds of polyrhythmic patterns. Here’s the album cover and tracklisting for The Marshall Mathers LP 2, out November 5th. Check the Survival video in case you missed it. …
Black Milk’s latest effort “No Poison No Paradise (Fat Beats/Computer Ugly Records)” is streaming at Pitchfork. The album features Black Thought, Quelle Chris, Robert Glasper, Ab, Dwele, Mel, and Tone Trezure. About the album, “I wanted to focus more on storytelling and having a collection of songs with subject matters that tie into one another,” said Black Milk, according to Hip-hop DX. “Just like a dream, the scenes are always changing and sometimes feel random and inconsistent.” He continued, “It’s a mixture. Some songs …
Nabil Elderkin just directed a music video for James Blake‘s “Life Around Here” remix featuring Chance The Rapper. The video was shot in Hertfordshire, England. It’s an incredible black and white visual with a long simple take that pans high into tree branches. Blake and Chance ride along a two lane road in a low top hooptie passing shadow characters. The track is off Blake’s Overgrown album. Along with Elderkin’s newest video, here’s some of his past work. …
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